Dodd audio preamp owners

marvda1
marvda1 Posts: 4,901
edited August 2008 in 2 Channel Audio
please do yourself a favor and contact gary Dodd about upgrading with platinum sonicaps, you can purchase them from danny richie at gr research. they are not listed on his site yet so you have to call. for the elp you will need two .01 uf platinum sonicaps $17 each.

TALK TO GARY !!!
Amplifiers: Norma IPA 140, MasterSound Compact 845, Ayre v6xe, Consonance Cyber 800
Preamp: deHavilland Ultraverve 3
Dac: Sonnet Morpheus 2, Musical Paradise mp-d2 mkIII
Transport: Jay's Audio CDT2 mk2, Lumin U1 mini
Speakers: Rosso Fiorentino Volterra II
Speaker Cables: Crystal Clear Magnum Opus 2, Organic Audio Organic Reference 2
Interconnects: Crystal Clear Magnum Opus 2, Argento Organic Reference 2, Argento Organic 2
Power Cables: Argento Organic Reference, Synergistic Research Foundation 10 and 12 ga.
Digital cables: Crystal Clear Magnum Opus 2 bnc, Tellurium Q aes, Silnote Audio Poseidon Signature 2 bnc
Puritan PSM156
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  • Shizelbs
    Shizelbs Posts: 7,433
    edited March 2006
    Any particular reason why?
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  • marvda1
    marvda1 Posts: 4,901
    edited March 2006
    vocals are much more focused and the soundstage is expanded. you also notice more detail and overall smoother sound. we had a get together a couple of weeks ago where gary put them in a guys dodd refernce preamp and the difference(improvement) was quite evident.
    Amplifiers: Norma IPA 140, MasterSound Compact 845, Ayre v6xe, Consonance Cyber 800
    Preamp: deHavilland Ultraverve 3
    Dac: Sonnet Morpheus 2, Musical Paradise mp-d2 mkIII
    Transport: Jay's Audio CDT2 mk2, Lumin U1 mini
    Speakers: Rosso Fiorentino Volterra II
    Speaker Cables: Crystal Clear Magnum Opus 2, Organic Audio Organic Reference 2
    Interconnects: Crystal Clear Magnum Opus 2, Argento Organic Reference 2, Argento Organic 2
    Power Cables: Argento Organic Reference, Synergistic Research Foundation 10 and 12 ga.
    Digital cables: Crystal Clear Magnum Opus 2 bnc, Tellurium Q aes, Silnote Audio Poseidon Signature 2 bnc
    Puritan PSM156
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,987
    edited March 2006
    Marvin, Danny has the caps - not Gary.
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited March 2006
    Marvin stated that in his first post. He said we have to see Danny to buy the caps. :rolleyes: :)
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  • gdodd
    gdodd Posts: 1
    edited March 2006
    Hey guy's
    you can call me for the values of caps needed, but you have to Call Danny at GR Research to actually purchase them. I do believe that they are around $17.00 each for the ones used in the preamps. My # 972 276 6865
    gary:o
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  • george daniel
    george daniel Posts: 12,096
    edited March 2006
    Outstanding product there,, gary:)
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited March 2006
    And what great service. I'm looking forward to the time when I have one of your preamps in my rig! :)
    George Grand wrote: »
    Jstas wrote: »
    Simple question. If you had a cool million bucks, what would you do with it?
    Wonder WTF happened to the rest of my money.
    In Use
    PS3, Yamaha CDR-HD1300, Plex, Amazon Fire TV Gen 2
    Pioneer Elite VSX-52, Parasound HCA-1000A
    Klipsch RF-82ii, RC-62ii, RS-42ii, RW-10d
    Epson 8700UB
    In Storage
    [Home Audio]
    Rotel RCD-02, Yamaha KX-W900U, Sony ST-S500ES, Denon DP-7F
    Pro-Ject Phono Box MKII, Parasound P/HP-850, ASL Wave 20 monoblocks
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  • jfb4548
    jfb4548 Posts: 168
    edited March 2006
    audiobliss wrote:
    And what great service. I'm looking forward to the time when I have one of your preamps in my rig! :)


    I have one of the newer ELPs with the remote power supply and I got to say it amazes me how GREAT it sounds. I've only upgradede the power cord to a PS PowerPunch and WOW!

    How many caps does the ELP have anyway?
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited March 2006
    Whao, you mean there's a newer version of the ELP that has an extenal power supply? You mean it has its own chassis? Cool. I don't know how many caps it has...but hopefully I will before too awfully long...
    George Grand wrote: »
    Jstas wrote: »
    Simple question. If you had a cool million bucks, what would you do with it?
    Wonder WTF happened to the rest of my money.
    In Use
    PS3, Yamaha CDR-HD1300, Plex, Amazon Fire TV Gen 2
    Pioneer Elite VSX-52, Parasound HCA-1000A
    Klipsch RF-82ii, RC-62ii, RS-42ii, RW-10d
    Epson 8700UB
    In Storage
    [Home Audio]
    Rotel RCD-02, Yamaha KX-W900U, Sony ST-S500ES, Denon DP-7F
    Pro-Ject Phono Box MKII, Parasound P/HP-850, ASL Wave 20 monoblocks
    Klipsch RF-35, RB-51ii
    [Car Audio]
    Pioneer Premier DEH-P860MP, Memphis 16-MCA3004, Boston Acoustic RC520
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,557
    edited March 2006
    Of course, anyone can buy Sonicaps from the company that makes them, Sonic Craft. http://www.soniccraft.com/sonicap_platinum.htm
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited March 2006
    They may even try something really out of the box and perhaps unique....like Auricap, Dynamicap, Crescendo, Zen, Harmony, Cardas, Black Gate(Limited), etc etc...

    Here's a little list of manufacturers for your upgrade pleasure... Capacitor Upgrades
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,636
    edited March 2006
    Do I sense here that Doro is actually starting to consider that capacitors upgrades do make a difference???? :):)
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited March 2006
    I never said they didn't make a difference, but that they aren't a REQUIREMENT to upgrade an SDA or any older Polk Audio speaker specifically. It's fashionable now.

    I have appreciated the sound created by the original manufacturing process of about 100 speakers, in-house. I guess I could have modified them all to suit me, or change them, but I chose to listen and value them upon their respective merits. How do you expect to get some head on high-fi if you're always changing what was done in the first place?

    If I was listening to one speaker, forever, I would probably want to do something to that speaker eventually....and I'm not out of that ballpark, but it's certainly not top priority.
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,636
    edited March 2006
    I know you used the word requirement; just messing with ya...:)
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,557
    edited March 2006
    Some other cap info for you tweakers.

    http://home.versatel.nl/geenius/Cap.html

    http://www.10audio.com/sonicraft_vh-oimp.htm

    http://www.nutshellhifi.com/library/capacitor.html

    http://www.ecp.cc/cap-notes.html

    As one can see, there are lots of choices from grunt ball to exotic, cheap to ultra expensive, so take your pick (Sonicaps:) ) and have fun.
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  • marvda1
    marvda1 Posts: 4,901
    edited March 2006
    you may be too late for the improved dodd elp as gary is going to drop the three preamps he was making and only make one preamp, the new battery powered pre.
    Amplifiers: Norma IPA 140, MasterSound Compact 845, Ayre v6xe, Consonance Cyber 800
    Preamp: deHavilland Ultraverve 3
    Dac: Sonnet Morpheus 2, Musical Paradise mp-d2 mkIII
    Transport: Jay's Audio CDT2 mk2, Lumin U1 mini
    Speakers: Rosso Fiorentino Volterra II
    Speaker Cables: Crystal Clear Magnum Opus 2, Organic Audio Organic Reference 2
    Interconnects: Crystal Clear Magnum Opus 2, Argento Organic Reference 2, Argento Organic 2
    Power Cables: Argento Organic Reference, Synergistic Research Foundation 10 and 12 ga.
    Digital cables: Crystal Clear Magnum Opus 2 bnc, Tellurium Q aes, Silnote Audio Poseidon Signature 2 bnc
    Puritan PSM156
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  • george daniel
    george daniel Posts: 12,096
    edited August 2008
    This is an old thread, but is there anyone here that has this particular upgrade(sonicap platinum capacitor) in their ELP or MLP? Just wondering what benefits were derived from doing so.
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  • george daniel
    george daniel Posts: 12,096
    edited August 2008
    Marvin,, thanks for the reply,, I have e-mailed Gary and I'll post here when I receive a response.:)
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  • george daniel
    george daniel Posts: 12,096
    edited August 2008
    Okay,, I heard from Gary,,I still have a question or two regarding the ELP,,but for the MLP,,it boils down to he can do it for me,,or I can,if I so choose,,I believe that it involves replacing the caps in the MLP,, which means Two .22uF and One 1uF per side,, with Sonicap Platinums,,or I'm guessing that you could go high end boutique caps,if one had that kinda money.If I decide to replace em',I will most likely send it to Gary,as he has always treated me very well. The thought of replacing/upgrading the caps does sound appealing though.
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  • marvda1
    marvda1 Posts: 4,901
    edited August 2008
    anyone hear the new auricap teflon caps?
    Amplifiers: Norma IPA 140, MasterSound Compact 845, Ayre v6xe, Consonance Cyber 800
    Preamp: deHavilland Ultraverve 3
    Dac: Sonnet Morpheus 2, Musical Paradise mp-d2 mkIII
    Transport: Jay's Audio CDT2 mk2, Lumin U1 mini
    Speakers: Rosso Fiorentino Volterra II
    Speaker Cables: Crystal Clear Magnum Opus 2, Organic Audio Organic Reference 2
    Interconnects: Crystal Clear Magnum Opus 2, Argento Organic Reference 2, Argento Organic 2
    Power Cables: Argento Organic Reference, Synergistic Research Foundation 10 and 12 ga.
    Digital cables: Crystal Clear Magnum Opus 2 bnc, Tellurium Q aes, Silnote Audio Poseidon Signature 2 bnc
    Puritan PSM156
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  • george daniel
    george daniel Posts: 12,096
    edited August 2008
    heard about em',,,but not heard em.


    Marvin,, I'm a little confused about the original post,,I come up with about 360.00 worth of platinums,, not the 17.00/cap,,maybe it's because it was the "reference pre" that the caps were added/in--to.Anyway,,according to Gary,a noticable difference/improvment can be heard.
    JC approves....he told me so. (F-1 nut)
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  • marvda1
    marvda1 Posts: 4,901
    edited August 2008
    i only had to two small plat. bypass caps put in, the original large caps that are in the elp are regular sonicaps. maybe gary is talking about replacing the large value caps with plats. and also using plat. bypass caps.
    Amplifiers: Norma IPA 140, MasterSound Compact 845, Ayre v6xe, Consonance Cyber 800
    Preamp: deHavilland Ultraverve 3
    Dac: Sonnet Morpheus 2, Musical Paradise mp-d2 mkIII
    Transport: Jay's Audio CDT2 mk2, Lumin U1 mini
    Speakers: Rosso Fiorentino Volterra II
    Speaker Cables: Crystal Clear Magnum Opus 2, Organic Audio Organic Reference 2
    Interconnects: Crystal Clear Magnum Opus 2, Argento Organic Reference 2, Argento Organic 2
    Power Cables: Argento Organic Reference, Synergistic Research Foundation 10 and 12 ga.
    Digital cables: Crystal Clear Magnum Opus 2 bnc, Tellurium Q aes, Silnote Audio Poseidon Signature 2 bnc
    Puritan PSM156
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited August 2008
    george daniel wrote: »
    heard about em',,,but not heard em.


    Marvin,, I'm a little confused about the original post,,I come up with about 360.00 worth of platinums,, not the 17.00/cap,,maybe it's because it was the "reference pre" that the caps were added/in--to.Anyway,,according to Gary,a noticable difference/improvment can be heard.

    George, look at the date of the original post.
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  • george daniel
    george daniel Posts: 12,096
    edited August 2008
    Face wrote: »
    George, look at the date of the original post.

    I did,,I think the issue is, at least for me,, recapping vs a additional bypas cap or two,, I just e-mailed gary, so hopefully will have an answer soon.I do know, that in his earlier e-mail,he is refering to "recapping" the MLP, which has two .22uf and two 1.0 uF caps total.But I think Marvin is speaking about the use of two bypass caps. Getting late,,for me anyway,,tomorrow folks--good night --george
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